FRIDAY 24 | | 5€
The Greatest Silence : Rape in the Congo
LISA F.JACKSON • USA • 2007 • 76’ VO/OV ST/OND FR/NL
Flagey - Studio 5
During and after the civil war in the Congo, thousands of women were raped by the warring parties. This encounter with some of the women concerned, doctors who treated them and rapist soldiers reflects the sensitive approach of a filmmaker who was herself a victim of a gang rape in her own country.
Special Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival 2008Preceded by "Génocidé" - single price.In partnership with
Laïcité et Humanisme en Afrique Centrale (LHAC) and the
Service Laïque de Coopération au Développement (SLCD).